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This paper analyzes the impact of internet adoption on labor productivity in Peruvian micro and small manufacturing … firms over the period 2011-2013. Instrumental variables estimates show that internet adoption: (i) increases firms' labor …
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A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary...
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induced variation in broadband Internet availability that gives rise to variation in ICT skills across countries and German …
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Does the Internet undermine social capital or facilitate inter-personal and civic engagement in the real world? Merging … unique telecommunication data with geo-coded German individual-level data, we investigate how broadband Internet affects …-owned telecommunication provider in the 1990s that still hinders broadband Internet access for many households. We find no evidence that the …
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This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the...
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